Iron Gods inspirational reading list

[Matt M]

Whenever I DM or play in a new campaign I like to do some Appendix N-style inspired reading to help flesh out the characters and setting.

So on that note, can anybody recommend some short stories or novels that might be somewhat related to Numeria, the land of savagery and super science?

[Lord Fyre]

Are you familiar with Thundarr the Barbarian?
This 1980s cartoon has a lot of similar themes with Iron Gods.

I might also suggest the Horseclans novels by Robert Adams: however, it is MASSIVELY anti-LGBTQ even by the standards of the time it was written.

[Matt M]

Lord Fyre wrote:

Are you familiar with Thundarr the Barbarian?

This 1980s cartoon has a lot of similar themes with Iron Gods.

I might also suggest the Horseclans novels by Robert Adams: however, it is MASSIVELY anti-LGBTQ even by the standards of the time it was written.

Thanks! I remember watching Thundarr back in the day when they still had something called Saturday Morning Cartoons. A relic of the past. Good stuff, that.

I'll check out Horseclans.

I was also thinking of A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr. Though it has been awhile since I read it. And another good one would be the novella "Sloosha's Crossin' an' Ev'rythin' After" from David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas.

[RedRobe]

The Pathfinder Tales novel Reign of Stars is directly tied to the AP. Its pretty good. The tech mentioned in the book isn't really like anything found in the adventures, however. At least how it is described.

Visually, the scenes of Rey exploring the wreck of the star destroyer on Jakku in the Force Awakens is a pretty decent visual for Silver Mount or any other Numerian ship-dungeon.

[Matt M]

RedRobe wrote:

The Pathfinder Tales novel Reign of Stars is directly tied to the AP. Its pretty good. The tech mentioned in the book isn't really like anything found in the adventures, however. At least how it is described.

Visually, the scenes of Rey exploring the wreck of the star destroyer on Jakku in the Force Awakens is a pretty decent visual for Silver Mount or any other Numerian ship-dungeon.

Love those images from Force Awakens, esp. the wrecked AT-AT.

Thanks for bringing this to my attention. I had no idea Pathfinder Tales had a Hugo-winning author in their ranks. I'll check this out too!

[Lord Fyre]

Matt M wrote:

RedRobe wrote:

The Pathfinder Tales novel Reign of Stars is directly tied to the AP. Its pretty good. The tech mentioned in the book isn't really like anything found in the adventures, however. At least how it is described.

Visually, the scenes of Rey exploring the wreck of the star destroyer on Jakku in the Force Awakens is a pretty decent visual for Silver Mount or any other Numerian ship-dungeon.

Love those images from Force Awakens, esp. the wrecked AT-AT.

Thanks for bringing this to my attention. I had no idea Pathfinder Tales had a Hugo-winning author in their ranks. I'll check this out too!

While you are there, check out his other book City of the Fallen Sky. It has an enormous amount of information about the Technic League and life in Numeria.

[Yakman]

also the cover of most, if not all, iron maiden albums.

[the David]

Planet Hulk is pretty good.

[Brother Fen]

Battlecircle. Redbeard. And the never released Expedition to Barrier Peaks, just because.